"Edition limited to 950 copies"--T.p. verso

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Vol. 2 includes index

v. 1. Ancestry of Captain La Barge -- Childhood and youth -- Enters the fur trade -- Cholera on the "Yellowstone" -- Further service at Cabanné's -- Last year at Cabanné's --Captain La Barge in "Opposition" -- The Missouri River -- Kinds of boats used on the Missouri -- Steamboat navigation on the Missouri river -- The steamboat in the fur trade -- Voyage of 1843 -- Voyage of 1844 -- Changed conditions -- Incidents on the River, 1845-50 ; 1851-53 -- Ice break-up of 1856 -- The head of navigation reached -- Fort Benton -- Abraham Lincoln on the Missouri --

v. 2. The Civil War -- Gold in Montana -- Incidents on the river, 1862-67 -- La Barge again in opposition -- Voyage of 1863: the Tobacco Garden Massacre -- The Blackfoot annuities -- Collapse of the LaBarge-Harkness opposition -- Captain La Barge in Montana -- Captain La Barge in Washington -- The Indian of the Missouri Valley -- The Army of the Missouri -- The steamboat in the Indian Wars -- The peace commission of 1856 -- The murder of Captain Spear -- The battle with the railroads -- Last voyages to Benton -- Declining years -- Destiny of the Missouri River

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